In “The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson,” she plays a real-life trailblazer.
For her latest project, Graves is bringing some of that activism to the stage. She’ll star inon January 20 and 22. Mary Cardwell Dawson, who founded the National Negro Opera Company in 1941, is an underappreciated figure—so much so that Graves hadn’t heard of her. But in 2021, a student of hers did a performance spotlighting Dawson’s story, and Graves was intrigued.
Graves and her students soon launched a social-media campaign to raise awareness of Dawson’s story. It worked: Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello approached Graveswith an idea for a project about Dawson. Together, they assembled the team behind the new play. Graves is starring as Dawson.
“We are the benefactors of all her work and effort and blood and sweat,” says Graves. “I see it as a duty. There’s no other choice—I
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